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Identity
Person No.
6686
Service No.
7336
Last Name
First Name
Erik Stanley
Initials
E S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died of enterocolitis, at Di Summa Brindisi Military Hospital, whilst a POW
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Hjylmar E. and Hilda K. Enstrom, of Durban, Natal, South Africa; husband of Marjory Elizabeth Enstrom, of Durban. Born Natal. An overseer.

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): ENSTROM, Erik Stanley (Son of Emil Hjalmar & Hilda Kangella (born van Breda) Enstrom – both deceased; husband of Marjory Elizabeth Enstrom (born Sharples) of Marchant Road, Fynnlands, Durban.) (Penzance Primary School.) 7336 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 27/1/1908; an overseer before enlistment; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; captured at Tobruk; died of entero- colitis, at Di Summa Brindisi Military Hospital, Italy, whilst a POW. He had 4 young children. Bari War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Penzance Primary; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 29/12/1942 GVNS-Q4Q 24
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 24 vs ROH 34.

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